“This Act may be cited as the ‘Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016’ or the ‘MEGABYTE Act of 2016’.
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Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
11302 | 40:1412. | Pub. L. 104–106, div. E, title LI, § 5112, Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 680. |
Section 3542 of title 44, referred to in subsec. (c)(1)(C), was repealed by Pub. L. 113–283, § 2(a),
Section 2445c of title 10, referred to in subsec. (c)(4)(C), was repealed by Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title VIII, § 846(1),
The text of section 11331 of this title, referred to in subsec. (d), was generally amended by Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title II, § 10246(f),
2017—Subsec. (c)(5). Pub. L. 115–88 and Pub. L. 115–91 amended subsec. (c) identically, striking out par. (5) relating to sunset of certain provisions. Text read as follows: “Paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) shall not be in effect on and after the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘Buck’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015.”
2014—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 113–291 added pars. (1), (3), (4), and par. (5) relating to sunset of certain provisions and redesignated former pars. (1) and (2) as par. (2) and par. (5) relating to report to Congress, respectively.
2004—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–458, § 8401(1), inserted “security,” after “use,”.
Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 108–458, § 8401(2), inserted “, including information security risks,” after “evaluating the risks” and “costs, benefits, and risks”.
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Oversight and Reform of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress,
Pub. L. 114–210, “This Act may be cited as the ‘Making Electronic Government Accountable By Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016’ or the ‘MEGABYTE Act of 2016’.“SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.“SEC. 2. OMB DIRECTIVE ON MANAGEMENT OF SOFTWARE LICENSES.“(a) In this section—“(1) the term ‘Director’ means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget; and“(2) the term ‘executive agency’ has the meaning given that term in section 105 of title 5, United States Code.“(b) The Director shall issue a directive to require the Chief Information Officer of each executive agency to develop a comprehensive software licensing policy, which shall—“(1) identify clear roles, responsibilities, and central oversight authority within the executive agency for managing enterprise software license agreements and commercial software licenses; and“(2) require the Chief Information Officer of each executive agency to—“(A) establish a comprehensive inventory, including 80 percent of software license spending and enterprise licenses in the executive agency, by identifying and collecting information about software license agreements using automated discovery and inventory tools;“(B) regularly track and maintain software licenses to assist the executive agency in implementing decisions throughout the software license management life cycle;“(C) analyze software usage and other data to make cost-effective decisions;“(D) provide training relevant to software license management;“(E) establish goals and objectives of the software license management program of the executive agency; and“(F) consider the software license management life cycle phases, including the requisition, reception, deployment and maintenance, retirement, and disposal phases, to implement effective decisionmaking and incorporate existing standards, processes, and metrics.“(c) “(1) Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act [“(2) The Director shall make each report submitted under paragraph (1) publically available.”
Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title VIII, § 813], “(a) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [“(b) The amendment issued pursuant to subsection (a) shall, at a minimum, provide that solicitations for the procurement of information technology services shall not set forth any minimum experience or educational requirement for proposed contractor personnel in order for a bidder to be eligible for award of a contract unless—“(1) the contracting officer first determines that the needs of the executive agency cannot be met without any such requirement; or“(2) the needs of the executive agency require the use of a type of contract other than a performance-based contract.“(c) Not later than one year after the date on which the regulations required by subsection (a) are published in the Federal Register, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress an evaluation of—“(1) executive agency compliance with the regulations; and“(2) conformance of the regulations with existing law, together with any recommendations that the Comptroller General considers appropriate.“(d) In this section:“(1) The term ‘executive agency’ has the meaning given that term in section 4(1) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (former 41 U.S.C. 403(1)) [now 41 U.S.C. 133].“(2) The term ‘information technology’ has the meaning given that term in section 5002(3) of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (40 U.S.C. 1401(3)) [now 40 U.S.C. 11101(6)].“(3) The term ‘performance-based’, with respect to a contract, means that the contract includes the use of performance work statements that set forth contract requirements in clear, specific, and objective terms with measurable outcomes.”